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Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois
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Sotheby’s | Debut en subasta del retrato a gran escala de su esposa de Picasso, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Sotheby’s | Debut en subasta del retrato a gran escala de su esposa de Picasso, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Hong Kong

Liderará la subasta nocturna de arte moderno de Sotheby’s en Hong Kong este octubre
*Mantenido en la colección de la misma familia durante más de 50 años y no visto en público durante 30 años*

PABLO PICASSO, FEMME ASSISE À LA GALETTE DES ROIS, 1965, ÓLEO SOBRE LIENZO, 100 X 73 CM.
EST. 60 millones de dólares de Hong Kong – 80 millones/7,7 millones de dólares estadounidenses – 10 millones

Este otoño en Hong Kong, por cuarta temporada consecutiva[1], Sotheby’s volverá a presentar una obra excepcional de Pablo Picasso en Asia. Femme assise à la galette des rois, un retrato cariñoso de la segunda esposa del artista, Jacqueline Roque, debutará en una subasta y no se ha visto en público durante más de treinta años. Encabezará la subasta nocturna de arte moderno de Sotheby’s en Hong Kong el 7 de octubre con un presupuesto de HK$60-80 millones / US$7,7-10 millones.

Picasso conoció a Jacqueline por primera vez en 1952 en el estudio de cerámica Madoura en Vallauris, en el sur de Francia; rápidamente se convirtió en su amante y musa y permanecería a su lado hasta su muerte en 1973. Ninguna otra figura ocupa un lugar más importante en la vida y el arte de Picasso que Jacqueline: de todas las mujeres asociadas con Picasso, Jacqueline sería la que aparecería con mayor frecuencia como su sujeto. Sus rasgos legendarios aparecieron por primera vez en la producción de Picasso en 1954 y las dos décadas siguientes, que el historiador del arte John Richardson llamó “l’epoque Jacqueline”, revelan el papel esencial que desempeñó en la carrera artística tardía de Picasso.

En Femme assise à la galette des rois, aunque la imagen de la modelo ha sido parcialmente abstraída, las cejas oscuras, los párpados bellamente curvados y la nariz firme y recta son inequívocamente los de Jacqueline. Picasso representa a su esposa como una belleza clásica que todo lo ve, investida de un sentido de autoridad real con una corona colocada sobre su cabeza. También se ve a Jacqueline sosteniendo la galette des rois (Pastel del Rey), un pastel horneado tradicionalmente para celebrar la Epifanía, que contiene un pequeño amuleto o figurita en el interior que otorga el apodo de “rey por un día” a quien lo encuentra. Este encantador detalle ofrece una visión personal de la vida del artista y su musa, y evoca una atmósfera de celebración lúdica que resume su vida en pareja.

La paleta vibrante de verde, negro y dorado, y la naturaleza comparativamente formal de la postura de Jacqueline, reflejan la influencia en Picasso de los viejos maestros como Velázquez. A lo largo de la década de 1960, Picasso recurrió reiteradamente a la reinterpretación e investigación de los artistas del pasado que veneraba, proceso a través del cual reafirmó su linaje con algunos de los más grandes pintores de la historia del arte. Estos logros fueron posibles gracias a la amorosa compañía de Jacqueline, quien inspiró muchas de sus composiciones más significativas de la época.

Femme assise à la galette des rois sale a subasta de una colección privada suiza y ha permanecido en posesión de la misma familia durante más de 50 años. En 1988 (hasta 1989), la pintura se incluyó en la gran retrospectiva de Picasso en el Moderna Museet de Estocolmo. Ahora, unas tres décadas después, el público tendrá una vez más la oportunidad esperada de apreciar la pintura visualmente impresionante de Picasso de las mujeres que significaron tanto para él.

La obra se presentará junto con una selección de pinturas de maestros modernos de renombre internacional, incluida Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 3 décembre 1956 de Pierre Soulages, una rara composición a gran escala del artista abstracto, Personnage dans la nuit – de Joan Miró, una sorprendente obra colorida con los motivos icónicos de Miró, Branches de Sanyu, una de las pinturas de flores más grandes del artista, y 15.02.65 de Zao Wou-Ki, una obra fundamental de su aclamado Período de huracanes.

 

AVANCE

2 – 7 de octubre de 2022

Pabellón 1, Centro de exposiciones y convenciones de Hong Kong 
SUBASTA

Subasta nocturna moderna

7 de octubre de 2022

Pabellón 1, Centro de exposiciones y convenciones de Hong Kong

[1] Abril de 2021: Buste de matador, vendido por 140 millones de dólares de Hong Kong; Octubre de 2021: Femme Accroupie, vendida por 192 millones de dólares de Hong Kong; Abril de 2022: Dora Maar, vendida por 169 millones de dólares de Hong Kong

 

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Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois
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Sotheby’s | Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Hong Kong

To Lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction this October
*Held in the Same Family Collection for Over 50 Years & Unseen in Public for 30 Years *

PABLO PICASSO, FEMME ASSISE À LA GALETTE DES ROIS, 1965, OIL ON CANVAS, 100 X 73 CM.
EST. HK$60M – 80M/ US$7.7M – 10M

This Autumn in Hong Kong, for the fourth consecutive season[1], Sotheby’s will once again present an exceptional work by Pablo Picasso in Asia. Making its auction debut, and unseen in public for more than thirty years, Femme assise à la galette des rois – a loving portrait of the artist’s second wife, Jacqueline Roque – will lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction on 7 October with an estimate of HK$60-80 million / US$7.7-10 million.

Picasso first met Jacqueline in 1952 at the Madoura pottery studio in Vallauris in the South of France; she quickly became his lover and muse and would remain by his side right up until his death in 1973. No other figure looms larger in Picasso’s life and art than Jacqueline – of all the women associated with Picasso, it was Jacqueline who would feature most often as his subject. Her legendary features first appeared in Picasso’s output in 1954 and the following two decades, which art historian John Richardson called “l’epoque Jacqueline”, reveal the essential role she played in Picasso’s late artistic career.

In Femme assise à la galette des rois, although the sitter’s image has been partially abstracted, the dark eyebrows, the beautifully curved eyelids and the firm, straight nose are unmistakably those of Jacqueline. Picasso depicts his wife as an all-seeing classical beauty, invested with a sense of regal authority with a crown placed upon her head. Jacqueline is also seen holding the galette des rois (King Cake), a cake traditionally baked to celebrate the Epiphany, containing a small charm or figurine inside bestowing the moniker of “king for a day” on whomever finds it. This charming detail offers a personal insight into the life of the artist and his muse, and evokes an atmosphere of playful celebration that encapsulates their life together as a couple.

The vibrant palette of green, black and gold, and the comparatively formal nature of Jacqueline’s posture, reflect the influence on Picasso of Old Masters such as Velázquez. Throughout the 1960s, Picasso turned repeatedly to the reinterpretation and investigation of the artists of the past that he revered, a process through which he reaffirmed his lineage to some of the greatest painters in the history of art. These achievements were made possible by the loving company of Jacqueline who inspired many of his most significant compositions of the period.

Femme assise à la galette des rois comes to auction from a Swiss private collection and has remained in the possession of the same family for over 50 years. In 1988 (to 1989), the painting was included in Picasso’s major retrospective at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Now, some three decades later, the public will once more have a long overdue opportunity to appreciate Picasso’s visually stunning painting of the women who meant so much to him.

The work will be presented alongside a selection of paintings by internationally renowned Modern masters, including Pierre Soulages’ Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 3 décembre 1956 – a rare large-scale composition by the abstract artist, Joan Miró’s Personnage dans la nuit – a strikingly colourful work featuring Miró’s iconic motifs, Sanyu’s Branches – one of the artist’s largest flower paintings, and Zao Wou-Ki’s 15.02.65 – a seminal work from his acclaimed Hurricane Period.

 
PREVIEW2 – 7 October 2022Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre		  
AUCTIONModern Evening Auction7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

[1] 2021 April: Buste de matador, sold for HK$140m; 2021 October: Femme Accroupie, sold for HK$192m; 2022 April: Dora Maar, sold for HK$169m

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Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois
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Sotheby’s | Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Hong Kong

To Lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction this October
*Held in the Same Family Collection for Over 50 Years & Unseen in Public for 30 Years *

PABLO PICASSO, FEMME ASSISE À LA GALETTE DES ROIS, 1965, OIL ON CANVAS, 100 X 73 CM.
EST. HK$60M – 80M/ US$7.7M – 10M

This Autumn in Hong Kong, for the fourth consecutive season[1], Sotheby’s will once again present an exceptional work by Pablo Picasso in Asia. Making its auction debut, and unseen in public for more than thirty years, Femme assise à la galette des rois – a loving portrait of the artist’s second wife, Jacqueline Roque – will lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction on 7 October with an estimate of HK$60-80 million / US$7.7-10 million.

Picasso first met Jacqueline in 1952 at the Madoura pottery studio in Vallauris in the South of France; she quickly became his lover and muse and would remain by his side right up until his death in 1973. No other figure looms larger in Picasso’s life and art than Jacqueline – of all the women associated with Picasso, it was Jacqueline who would feature most often as his subject. Her legendary features first appeared in Picasso’s output in 1954 and the following two decades, which art historian John Richardson called “l’epoque Jacqueline”, reveal the essential role she played in Picasso’s late artistic career.

In Femme assise à la galette des rois, although the sitter’s image has been partially abstracted, the dark eyebrows, the beautifully curved eyelids and the firm, straight nose are unmistakably those of Jacqueline. Picasso depicts his wife as an all-seeing classical beauty, invested with a sense of regal authority with a crown placed upon her head. Jacqueline is also seen holding the galette des rois (King Cake), a cake traditionally baked to celebrate the Epiphany, containing a small charm or figurine inside bestowing the moniker of “king for a day” on whomever finds it. This charming detail offers a personal insight into the life of the artist and his muse, and evokes an atmosphere of playful celebration that encapsulates their life together as a couple.

The vibrant palette of green, black and gold, and the comparatively formal nature of Jacqueline’s posture, reflect the influence on Picasso of Old Masters such as Velázquez. Throughout the 1960s, Picasso turned repeatedly to the reinterpretation and investigation of the artists of the past that he revered, a process through which he reaffirmed his lineage to some of the greatest painters in the history of art. These achievements were made possible by the loving company of Jacqueline who inspired many of his most significant compositions of the period.

Femme assise à la galette des rois comes to auction from a Swiss private collection and has remained in the possession of the same family for over 50 years. In 1988 (to 1989), the painting was included in Picasso’s major retrospective at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Now, some three decades later, the public will once more have a long overdue opportunity to appreciate Picasso’s visually stunning painting of the women who meant so much to him.

The work will be presented alongside a selection of paintings by internationally renowned Modern masters, including Pierre Soulages’ Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 3 décembre 1956 – a rare large-scale composition by the abstract artist, Joan Miró’s Personnage dans la nuit – a strikingly colourful work featuring Miró’s iconic motifs, Sanyu’s Branches – one of the artist’s largest flower paintings, and Zao Wou-Ki’s 15.02.65 – a seminal work from his acclaimed Hurricane Period.

 
PREVIEW2 – 7 October 2022Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre		  
AUCTIONModern Evening Auction7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

[1] 2021 April: Buste de matador, sold for HK$140m; 2021 October: Femme Accroupie, sold for HK$192m; 2022 April: Dora Maar, sold for HK$169m

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Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois
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Sotheby’s | Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Hong Kong

To Lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction this October
*Held in the Same Family Collection for Over 50 Years & Unseen in Public for 30 Years *

PABLO PICASSO, FEMME ASSISE À LA GALETTE DES ROIS, 1965, OIL ON CANVAS, 100 X 73 CM.
EST. HK$60M – 80M/ US$7.7M – 10M

This Autumn in Hong Kong, for the fourth consecutive season[1], Sotheby’s will once again present an exceptional work by Pablo Picasso in Asia. Making its auction debut, and unseen in public for more than thirty years, Femme assise à la galette des rois – a loving portrait of the artist’s second wife, Jacqueline Roque – will lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction on 7 October with an estimate of HK$60-80 million / US$7.7-10 million.

Picasso first met Jacqueline in 1952 at the Madoura pottery studio in Vallauris in the South of France; she quickly became his lover and muse and would remain by his side right up until his death in 1973. No other figure looms larger in Picasso’s life and art than Jacqueline – of all the women associated with Picasso, it was Jacqueline who would feature most often as his subject. Her legendary features first appeared in Picasso’s output in 1954 and the following two decades, which art historian John Richardson called “l’epoque Jacqueline”, reveal the essential role she played in Picasso’s late artistic career.

In Femme assise à la galette des rois, although the sitter’s image has been partially abstracted, the dark eyebrows, the beautifully curved eyelids and the firm, straight nose are unmistakably those of Jacqueline. Picasso depicts his wife as an all-seeing classical beauty, invested with a sense of regal authority with a crown placed upon her head. Jacqueline is also seen holding the galette des rois (King Cake), a cake traditionally baked to celebrate the Epiphany, containing a small charm or figurine inside bestowing the moniker of “king for a day” on whomever finds it. This charming detail offers a personal insight into the life of the artist and his muse, and evokes an atmosphere of playful celebration that encapsulates their life together as a couple.

The vibrant palette of green, black and gold, and the comparatively formal nature of Jacqueline’s posture, reflect the influence on Picasso of Old Masters such as Velázquez. Throughout the 1960s, Picasso turned repeatedly to the reinterpretation and investigation of the artists of the past that he revered, a process through which he reaffirmed his lineage to some of the greatest painters in the history of art. These achievements were made possible by the loving company of Jacqueline who inspired many of his most significant compositions of the period.

Femme assise à la galette des rois comes to auction from a Swiss private collection and has remained in the possession of the same family for over 50 years. In 1988 (to 1989), the painting was included in Picasso’s major retrospective at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Now, some three decades later, the public will once more have a long overdue opportunity to appreciate Picasso’s visually stunning painting of the women who meant so much to him.

The work will be presented alongside a selection of paintings by internationally renowned Modern masters, including Pierre Soulages’ Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 3 décembre 1956 – a rare large-scale composition by the abstract artist, Joan Miró’s Personnage dans la nuit – a strikingly colourful work featuring Miró’s iconic motifs, Sanyu’s Branches – one of the artist’s largest flower paintings, and Zao Wou-Ki’s 15.02.65 – a seminal work from his acclaimed Hurricane Period.

 
PREVIEW2 – 7 October 2022Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre		  
AUCTIONModern Evening Auction7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

[1] 2021 April: Buste de matador, sold for HK$140m; 2021 October: Femme Accroupie, sold for HK$192m; 2022 April: Dora Maar, sold for HK$169m

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Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois
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Sotheby’s | Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Hong Kong

To Lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction this October
*Held in the Same Family Collection for Over 50 Years & Unseen in Public for 30 Years *

PABLO PICASSO, FEMME ASSISE À LA GALETTE DES ROIS, 1965, OIL ON CANVAS, 100 X 73 CM.
EST. HK$60M – 80M/ US$7.7M – 10M

This Autumn in Hong Kong, for the fourth consecutive season[1], Sotheby’s will once again present an exceptional work by Pablo Picasso in Asia. Making its auction debut, and unseen in public for more than thirty years, Femme assise à la galette des rois – a loving portrait of the artist’s second wife, Jacqueline Roque – will lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction on 7 October with an estimate of HK$60-80 million / US$7.7-10 million.

Picasso first met Jacqueline in 1952 at the Madoura pottery studio in Vallauris in the South of France; she quickly became his lover and muse and would remain by his side right up until his death in 1973. No other figure looms larger in Picasso’s life and art than Jacqueline – of all the women associated with Picasso, it was Jacqueline who would feature most often as his subject. Her legendary features first appeared in Picasso’s output in 1954 and the following two decades, which art historian John Richardson called “l’epoque Jacqueline”, reveal the essential role she played in Picasso’s late artistic career.

In Femme assise à la galette des rois, although the sitter’s image has been partially abstracted, the dark eyebrows, the beautifully curved eyelids and the firm, straight nose are unmistakably those of Jacqueline. Picasso depicts his wife as an all-seeing classical beauty, invested with a sense of regal authority with a crown placed upon her head. Jacqueline is also seen holding the galette des rois (King Cake), a cake traditionally baked to celebrate the Epiphany, containing a small charm or figurine inside bestowing the moniker of “king for a day” on whomever finds it. This charming detail offers a personal insight into the life of the artist and his muse, and evokes an atmosphere of playful celebration that encapsulates their life together as a couple.

The vibrant palette of green, black and gold, and the comparatively formal nature of Jacqueline’s posture, reflect the influence on Picasso of Old Masters such as Velázquez. Throughout the 1960s, Picasso turned repeatedly to the reinterpretation and investigation of the artists of the past that he revered, a process through which he reaffirmed his lineage to some of the greatest painters in the history of art. These achievements were made possible by the loving company of Jacqueline who inspired many of his most significant compositions of the period.

Femme assise à la galette des rois comes to auction from a Swiss private collection and has remained in the possession of the same family for over 50 years. In 1988 (to 1989), the painting was included in Picasso’s major retrospective at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Now, some three decades later, the public will once more have a long overdue opportunity to appreciate Picasso’s visually stunning painting of the women who meant so much to him.

The work will be presented alongside a selection of paintings by internationally renowned Modern masters, including Pierre Soulages’ Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 3 décembre 1956 – a rare large-scale composition by the abstract artist, Joan Miró’s Personnage dans la nuit – a strikingly colourful work featuring Miró’s iconic motifs, Sanyu’s Branches – one of the artist’s largest flower paintings, and Zao Wou-Ki’s 15.02.65 – a seminal work from his acclaimed Hurricane Period.

 
PREVIEW2 – 7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

  
AUCTIONModern Evening Auction

7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

[1] 2021 April: Buste de matador, sold for HK$140m; 2021 October: Femme Accroupie, sold for HK$192m; 2022 April: Dora Maar, sold for HK$169m

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Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois
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Sotheby’s | Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Hong Kong

To Lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction this October
*Held in the Same Family Collection for Over 50 Years & Unseen in Public for 30 Years *

PABLO PICASSO, FEMME ASSISE À LA GALETTE DES ROIS, 1965, OIL ON CANVAS, 100 X 73 CM.
EST. HK$60M – 80M/ US$7.7M – 10M

This Autumn in Hong Kong, for the fourth consecutive season[1], Sotheby’s will once again present an exceptional work by Pablo Picasso in Asia. Making its auction debut, and unseen in public for more than thirty years, Femme assise à la galette des rois – a loving portrait of the artist’s second wife, Jacqueline Roque – will lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction on 7 October with an estimate of HK$60-80 million / US$7.7-10 million.

Picasso first met Jacqueline in 1952 at the Madoura pottery studio in Vallauris in the South of France; she quickly became his lover and muse and would remain by his side right up until his death in 1973. No other figure looms larger in Picasso’s life and art than Jacqueline – of all the women associated with Picasso, it was Jacqueline who would feature most often as his subject. Her legendary features first appeared in Picasso’s output in 1954 and the following two decades, which art historian John Richardson called “l’epoque Jacqueline”, reveal the essential role she played in Picasso’s late artistic career.

In Femme assise à la galette des rois, although the sitter’s image has been partially abstracted, the dark eyebrows, the beautifully curved eyelids and the firm, straight nose are unmistakably those of Jacqueline. Picasso depicts his wife as an all-seeing classical beauty, invested with a sense of regal authority with a crown placed upon her head. Jacqueline is also seen holding the galette des rois (King Cake), a cake traditionally baked to celebrate the Epiphany, containing a small charm or figurine inside bestowing the moniker of “king for a day” on whomever finds it. This charming detail offers a personal insight into the life of the artist and his muse, and evokes an atmosphere of playful celebration that encapsulates their life together as a couple.

The vibrant palette of green, black and gold, and the comparatively formal nature of Jacqueline’s posture, reflect the influence on Picasso of Old Masters such as Velázquez. Throughout the 1960s, Picasso turned repeatedly to the reinterpretation and investigation of the artists of the past that he revered, a process through which he reaffirmed his lineage to some of the greatest painters in the history of art. These achievements were made possible by the loving company of Jacqueline who inspired many of his most significant compositions of the period.

Femme assise à la galette des rois comes to auction from a Swiss private collection and has remained in the possession of the same family for over 50 years. In 1988 (to 1989), the painting was included in Picasso’s major retrospective at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Now, some three decades later, the public will once more have a long overdue opportunity to appreciate Picasso’s visually stunning painting of the women who meant so much to him.

The work will be presented alongside a selection of paintings by internationally renowned Modern masters, including Pierre Soulages’ Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 3 décembre 1956 – a rare large-scale composition by the abstract artist, Joan Miró’s Personnage dans la nuit – a strikingly colourful work featuring Miró’s iconic motifs, Sanyu’s Branches – one of the artist’s largest flower paintings, and Zao Wou-Ki’s 15.02.65 – a seminal work from his acclaimed Hurricane Period.

 
PREVIEW2 – 7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

  
AUCTIONModern Evening Auction

7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

[1] 2021 April: Buste de matador, sold for HK$140m; 2021 October: Femme Accroupie, sold for HK$192m; 2022 April: Dora Maar, sold for HK$169m

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Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois
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Sotheby’s | Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Hong Kong

To Lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction this October
*Held in the Same Family Collection for Over 50 Years & Unseen in Public for 30 Years *

PABLO PICASSO, FEMME ASSISE À LA GALETTE DES ROIS, 1965, OIL ON CANVAS, 100 X 73 CM.
EST. HK$60M – 80M/ US$7.7M – 10M

This Autumn in Hong Kong, for the fourth consecutive season[1], Sotheby’s will once again present an exceptional work by Pablo Picasso in Asia. Making its auction debut, and unseen in public for more than thirty years, Femme assise à la galette des rois – a loving portrait of the artist’s second wife, Jacqueline Roque – will lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction on 7 October with an estimate of HK$60-80 million / US$7.7-10 million.

Picasso first met Jacqueline in 1952 at the Madoura pottery studio in Vallauris in the South of France; she quickly became his lover and muse and would remain by his side right up until his death in 1973. No other figure looms larger in Picasso’s life and art than Jacqueline – of all the women associated with Picasso, it was Jacqueline who would feature most often as his subject. Her legendary features first appeared in Picasso’s output in 1954 and the following two decades, which art historian John Richardson called “l’epoque Jacqueline”, reveal the essential role she played in Picasso’s late artistic career.

In Femme assise à la galette des rois, although the sitter’s image has been partially abstracted, the dark eyebrows, the beautifully curved eyelids and the firm, straight nose are unmistakably those of Jacqueline. Picasso depicts his wife as an all-seeing classical beauty, invested with a sense of regal authority with a crown placed upon her head. Jacqueline is also seen holding the galette des rois (King Cake), a cake traditionally baked to celebrate the Epiphany, containing a small charm or figurine inside bestowing the moniker of “king for a day” on whomever finds it. This charming detail offers a personal insight into the life of the artist and his muse, and evokes an atmosphere of playful celebration that encapsulates their life together as a couple.

The vibrant palette of green, black and gold, and the comparatively formal nature of Jacqueline’s posture, reflect the influence on Picasso of Old Masters such as Velázquez. Throughout the 1960s, Picasso turned repeatedly to the reinterpretation and investigation of the artists of the past that he revered, a process through which he reaffirmed his lineage to some of the greatest painters in the history of art. These achievements were made possible by the loving company of Jacqueline who inspired many of his most significant compositions of the period.

Femme assise à la galette des rois comes to auction from a Swiss private collection and has remained in the possession of the same family for over 50 years. In 1988 (to 1989), the painting was included in Picasso’s major retrospective at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Now, some three decades later, the public will once more have a long overdue opportunity to appreciate Picasso’s visually stunning painting of the women who meant so much to him.

The work will be presented alongside a selection of paintings by internationally renowned Modern masters, including Pierre Soulages’ Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 3 décembre 1956 – a rare large-scale composition by the abstract artist, Joan Miró’s Personnage dans la nuit – a strikingly colourful work featuring Miró’s iconic motifs, Sanyu’s Branches – one of the artist’s largest flower paintings, and Zao Wou-Ki’s 15.02.65 – a seminal work from his acclaimed Hurricane Period.

 
PREVIEW2 – 7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

  
AUCTIONModern Evening Auction

7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

[1] 2021 April: Buste de matador, sold for HK$140m; 2021 October: Femme Accroupie, sold for HK$192m; 2022 April: Dora Maar, sold for HK$169m

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Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois
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Sotheby’s | Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Hong Kong

To Lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction this October
*Held in the Same Family Collection for Over 50 Years & Unseen in Public for 30 Years *

PABLO PICASSO, FEMME ASSISE À LA GALETTE DES ROIS, 1965, OIL ON CANVAS, 100 X 73 CM.
EST. HK$60M – 80M/ US$7.7M – 10M

This Autumn in Hong Kong, for the fourth consecutive season[1], Sotheby’s will once again present an exceptional work by Pablo Picasso in Asia. Making its auction debut, and unseen in public for more than thirty years, Femme assise à la galette des rois – a loving portrait of the artist’s second wife, Jacqueline Roque – will lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction on 7 October with an estimate of HK$60-80 million / US$7.7-10 million.

Picasso first met Jacqueline in 1952 at the Madoura pottery studio in Vallauris in the South of France; she quickly became his lover and muse and would remain by his side right up until his death in 1973. No other figure looms larger in Picasso’s life and art than Jacqueline – of all the women associated with Picasso, it was Jacqueline who would feature most often as his subject. Her legendary features first appeared in Picasso’s output in 1954 and the following two decades, which art historian John Richardson called “l’epoque Jacqueline”, reveal the essential role she played in Picasso’s late artistic career.

In Femme assise à la galette des rois, although the sitter’s image has been partially abstracted, the dark eyebrows, the beautifully curved eyelids and the firm, straight nose are unmistakably those of Jacqueline. Picasso depicts his wife as an all-seeing classical beauty, invested with a sense of regal authority with a crown placed upon her head. Jacqueline is also seen holding the galette des rois (King Cake), a cake traditionally baked to celebrate the Epiphany, containing a small charm or figurine inside bestowing the moniker of “king for a day” on whomever finds it. This charming detail offers a personal insight into the life of the artist and his muse, and evokes an atmosphere of playful celebration that encapsulates their life together as a couple.

The vibrant palette of green, black and gold, and the comparatively formal nature of Jacqueline’s posture, reflect the influence on Picasso of Old Masters such as Velázquez. Throughout the 1960s, Picasso turned repeatedly to the reinterpretation and investigation of the artists of the past that he revered, a process through which he reaffirmed his lineage to some of the greatest painters in the history of art. These achievements were made possible by the loving company of Jacqueline who inspired many of his most significant compositions of the period.

Femme assise à la galette des rois comes to auction from a Swiss private collection and has remained in the possession of the same family for over 50 years. In 1988 (to 1989), the painting was included in Picasso’s major retrospective at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Now, some three decades later, the public will once more have a long overdue opportunity to appreciate Picasso’s visually stunning painting of the women who meant so much to him.

The work will be presented alongside a selection of paintings by internationally renowned Modern masters, including Pierre Soulages’ Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 3 décembre 1956 – a rare large-scale composition by the abstract artist, Joan Miró’s Personnage dans la nuit – a strikingly colourful work featuring Miró’s iconic motifs, Sanyu’s Branches – one of the artist’s largest flower paintings, and Zao Wou-Ki’s 15.02.65 – a seminal work from his acclaimed Hurricane Period.

 
PREVIEW2 – 7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

  
AUCTIONModern Evening Auction

7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

[1] 2021 April: Buste de matador, sold for HK$140m; 2021 October: Femme Accroupie, sold for HK$192m; 2022 April: Dora Maar, sold for HK$169m

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Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois
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Sotheby’s | Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Auction Debut for Picasso’s Large-Scale Portrait of His Wife, Jacqueline Roque: Femme assise à la galette des rois

Hong Kong

To Lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction this October
*Held in the Same Family Collection for Over 50 Years & Unseen in Public for 30 Years *

PABLO PICASSO, FEMME ASSISE À LA GALETTE DES ROIS, 1965, OIL ON CANVAS, 100 X 73 CM.
EST. HK$60M – 80M/ US$7.7M – 10M

This Autumn in Hong Kong, for the fourth consecutive season[1], Sotheby’s will once again present an exceptional work by Pablo Picasso in Asia. Making its auction debut, and unseen in public for more than thirty years, Femme assise à la galette des rois – a loving portrait of the artist’s second wife, Jacqueline Roque – will lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction on 7 October with an estimate of HK$60-80 million / US$7.7-10 million.

Picasso first met Jacqueline in 1952 at the Madoura pottery studio in Vallauris in the South of France; she quickly became his lover and muse and would remain by his side right up until his death in 1973. No other figure looms larger in Picasso’s life and art than Jacqueline – of all the women associated with Picasso, it was Jacqueline who would feature most often as his subject. Her legendary features first appeared in Picasso’s output in 1954 and the following two decades, which art historian John Richardson called “l’epoque Jacqueline”, reveal the essential role she played in Picasso’s late artistic career.

In Femme assise à la galette des rois, although the sitter’s image has been partially abstracted, the dark eyebrows, the beautifully curved eyelids and the firm, straight nose are unmistakably those of Jacqueline. Picasso depicts his wife as an all-seeing classical beauty, invested with a sense of regal authority with a crown placed upon her head. Jacqueline is also seen holding the galette des rois (King Cake), a cake traditionally baked to celebrate the Epiphany, containing a small charm or figurine inside bestowing the moniker of “king for a day” on whomever finds it. This charming detail offers a personal insight into the life of the artist and his muse, and evokes an atmosphere of playful celebration that encapsulates their life together as a couple.

The vibrant palette of green, black and gold, and the comparatively formal nature of Jacqueline’s posture, reflect the influence on Picasso of Old Masters such as Velázquez. Throughout the 1960s, Picasso turned repeatedly to the reinterpretation and investigation of the artists of the past that he revered, a process through which he reaffirmed his lineage to some of the greatest painters in the history of art. These achievements were made possible by the loving company of Jacqueline who inspired many of his most significant compositions of the period.

Femme assise à la galette des rois comes to auction from a Swiss private collection and has remained in the possession of the same family for over 50 years. In 1988 (to 1989), the painting was included in Picasso’s major retrospective at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Now, some three decades later, the public will once more have a long overdue opportunity to appreciate Picasso’s visually stunning painting of the women who meant so much to him.

The work will be presented alongside a selection of paintings by internationally renowned Modern masters, including Pierre Soulages’ Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 3 décembre 1956 – a rare large-scale composition by the abstract artist, Joan Miró’s Personnage dans la nuit – a strikingly colourful work featuring Miró’s iconic motifs, Sanyu’s Branches – one of the artist’s largest flower paintings, and Zao Wou-Ki’s 15.02.65 – a seminal work from his acclaimed Hurricane Period.

 
PREVIEW2 – 7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

  
AUCTIONModern Evening Auction

7 October 2022

Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

[1] 2021 April: Buste de matador, sold for HK$140m; 2021 October: Femme Accroupie, sold for HK$192m; 2022 April: Dora Maar, sold for HK$169m

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FIAC, Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo

FIAC, Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo

from 21 October 2021 to 24 October 2021

Durante varios días al año, París se convierte en la capital mundial del arte contemporáneo con la FIAC, la Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo. Verdadera institución reconocida a nivel mundial, la FIAC es una oportunidad para que el público descubra los últimos avances en el arte contemporáneo, a través de obras de algunos de los artistas más famosos del mundo.

En total, unos 1.500 artistas muestran su obra para que los 75.000 espectadores la vean en los pasillos del Grand Palais Ephémère, los Jardines de las Tullerías, el Musée Eugène Delacroix y la Place Vendôme.

La FIAC es también la ocasión para que un artista residente en Francia, o de origen francés, sea galardonado con el prestigioso Premio Marcel Duchamp, que le otorga un reconocimiento internacional. Como todas las ferias, la FIAC es también un mercado donde las obras de arte cambian de manos y los profesionales se encuentran. Cada año, se especula mucho en la prensa sobre el precio de diversas obras de arte, lo que contribuye a establecer la legitimidad de los artistas.

Audiencia

Todo publico

PRECIOS Y HORARIOS
Precios y horarios

Jueves 21 y viernes 22 de octubre de 12h a 20h; Sábado 23 y domingo 24 de octubre de 12 a 19 h.

40 €. Tarifa reducida: 27 €

LUGAR
Tout París
La capital es el escenario cada año para la organización de grandes eventos culturales, deportivos y festivos … Así parisinos, franceses y turistas se encuentran en los muelles de París para Paris Plages, Nuit Blanche, el Maratón de París, el torneo Roland Garros Grand Slam , el Tour de Francia, los fuegos artificiales del 14 de julio en el Trocadero, la Marcha del Orgullo LGBT, el Techno Parade … ¡Una programación variada durante todo el año!

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